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39
Citations
12371
World Ranking
1720
National Ranking
717

Overview

Lawrence A. Gordon is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Business, Management and Accounting. Within these areas, their focus lies notably on Information Systems and related subfields.

The main topics they have explored include Information and Cyber Security, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies, Auditing, Earnings Management, and Governance. They have also contributed to research on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, and Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies.

Frequent venues for their publications show a pattern of interdisciplinary work across cybersecurity, accounting, and information security domains. These venues include:

  • Journal of Information Security
  • Open Journal of Accounting
  • Transactions on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
  • Journal of Cybersecurity
  • Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Integrating cost-benefit analysis into the NIST Cybersecurity Framework via the Gordon-Loeb Model," 2020, Journal of Cybersecurity
  • "Empirical evidence on disclosing cyber breaches in an 8-K report: Initial exploratory evidence," 2024, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
  • "Information Segmentation and Investing in Cybersecurity," 2021, Journal of Information Security

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Martin P. Loeb
  • Lei Zhou
  • Chih-Yang Tseng
  • Josiah Dykstra
  • Amanda L. Wilford

Their research contributions have addressed topics that intersect both technical and managerial aspects of cybersecurity, with attention to economic and policy considerations such as cost-benefit analyses and disclosure practices.

Best Publications

  • The economics of information security investment

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb

  • Management accounting systems, perceived environmental uncertainty and organization structure: An empirical investigation☆

    Lawrence A. Gordon;V.K. Narayanan

  • The economic cost of publicly announced information security breaches: empirical evidence from the stock market

    Katherine Campbell;Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;Lei Zhou

  • A contingency framework for the design of accounting information systems

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Danny Miller

  • Enterprise risk management and firm performance: A contingency perspective

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;Chih-Yang Tseng

  • Information overload: A temporal approach☆

    Allen G. Schick;Lawrence A. Gordon;Susan Haka

  • Sharing information on computer systems security: An economic analysis

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;William Lucyshyn

  • A framework for using insurance for cyber-risk management

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;Tashfeen Sohail

  • The impact of IFRS adoption on foreign direct investment

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;Wenjie Zhu

  • Evaluating information security investments using the analytic hierarchy process

    Lawrence D. Bodin;Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb

  • Managing Cybersecurity Resources: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb

  • The impact of information security breaches: Has there been a downward shift in costs?

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;Lei Zhou

  • Market value of voluntary disclosures concerning information security

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;Tashfeen Sohail

  • Budgeting process for information security expenditures

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb

  • The impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the corporate disclosures of information security activities

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;William Lucyshyn;Tashfeen Sohail

  • ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS

    Lawrence D. Bodin;Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb

  • Sophisticated capital budgeting selection techniques and firm performance

    Susan F. Haka;Lawrence A. Gordon;George E. Pinches

  • Accounting and Stock Price Performance in Dynamic CEO Compensation Arrangements

    John F. Boschen;Augustine Duru;Lawrence A. Gordon;Kimberly J. Smith

  • Information Security Expenditures and Real Options: A Wait-and-See Approach

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;William Lucyshyn

  • The impact of information sharing on cybersecurity underinvestment: A real options perspective

    Lawrence A. Gordon;Martin P. Loeb;William Lucyshyn;Lei Zhou

  • MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS, PERCEIVED ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY AND ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE: AN...

    Lawrence A. Gordon;V.K. Narayanan

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin P. Loeb
Martin P. Loeb University of Maryland, College Park
Virginia L. Miller
Virginia L. Miller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Martin Eling
Martin Eling University of St. Gallen
David F. Larcker
David F. Larcker Stanford University
Allen Schick
Allen Schick University of Maryland, College Park
Henry Mintzberg
Henry Mintzberg McGill University

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